Soundproof Ventures
Venture capitalPalo Alto · Pre-Seed–Late Stage · 1 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Soundproof Ventures invests in visionaries applying intelligence and automation beyond purely digital applications into physical machines and critical industries. The firm backs software and software-driven hardware delivering defensible technology and significant productivity gains (10x or more) for high-impact and existential challenges. It typically leads or follows at pre-seed and seed stages with an average first check of $500K, and also makes larger scale investments at growth stages with checks ranging from $5M to $25M or more.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.
Team · 1 people
from public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 20 of 22 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×13Hardware ×8Deep Tech ×5Enterprise Software ×4Data & Infrastructure ×3Fintech ×3Robotics ×3SaaS ×3
HQs:United States×10France×1Israel×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 15 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×82 founders×33 founders×34+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 16 founders with education data
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×3Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×3
What their founders studiedfrom 18 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×8Computer Science ×4Chemistry ×2Life Sciences ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 20 founders with career history
Carnegie Mellon University ×3SpaceXAI ×2
Investments · 22 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathSentinelOne provides an AI-powered cybersecurity platform for enterprises that integrates endpoint protection, threat detection, and incident response capabilities.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareMountain View, US
Tomer Weingarten(Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder)inAlmog Cohen(Executive Officer, Director)inSameet Mehta(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardRobert Schwartz(Director)Dan Scheinman(Director)
Co-investorsDCVC (Data Collective)Everest GroupFoothill VenturesGranite HillInsight PartnersKhosla Ventures+15 more
Aperio provides DataWise, an autonomous data quality platform that monitors industrial time-series data in real-time, detects anomalies using self-supervised machine learning, and automatically remediates data issues before they reach AI models and analytics systems.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareWellesley, US
Jonas Hellgren(President)inLiran Tancman(Director)Michael Majors(Director)Doron Bergerbest-Eilon(Director)
BoardJane Arnold(Director)Bahram Nour-Omid(Director)
Co-investorsData Point CapitalMomenta VenturesNational Grid PartnersJump CapitalScopus Ventures Management, Llc
Bonsai Robotics develops autonomy technology and equipment, including its Amiga lineup powered by Bonsai Intelligence, to automate off-road jobs for operations ranging from small businesses to large companies.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningRobotics
Tyler Niday(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAcre Venture PartnersBetter Food VenturesBison VenturesCongruent VenturesRadicle ImpactSerra Ventures+3 more
Clarity provides air quality sensing-as-a-service solutions, combining hardware air pollution sensors with cloud-based monitoring software and consulting services for organizations and communities measuring air quality.
CleantechClimate TechData & InfrastructureHardwareIoT
BoardMinette NavarreteinRamanan RaghavendraninMarc Tarpenningin
Co-investorsBlue Bear VenturesKickstart VenturesSpero VenturesHumba VenturesLMNT VenturesRegeneration.VC
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Cursor is a code editor that enables teams to manage and distribute Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and integrations through team marketplaces, with features for organization-level access control and cloud agent integration.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Sualeh Asif(Cofounder)Arvid Lunnemark(Co-founder)inAman Sanger(Cofounder)inMicheal Truell(Cofounder)Michael Truell(Co-founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAccelAndreessen HorowitzAviso VenturesBoxGroupCoatue ManagementCRV (Charles River Ventures)+10 more
Digital Metal is an online platform for ordering custom cast metal parts: users upload a STEP file to receive instant pricing, casting DFM analysis, and a 3D configurator for alloy, quantity, and finish, with parts shipped in 5-10 business days.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareSaaS
Co-investorsAg Ventures Alliance
Emerald Cloud Lab (ECL) provides remote, cloud-based access to a life science research laboratory, letting researchers run and automate experiments and workflows without a physical lab.
BiotechCloud ComputingDeep TechAustin, US
Brian Frezza(Founder)inD.J. Kleinbaum(Founder)in
Co-investorsBlue Ivy VenturesGigafundSchooner CapitalFounders FundOS Fund
Ethos provides online life insurance that customers can purchase entirely through a digital platform without the traditional lengthy application process.
FintechInsurTech
Lingke Wang(Co-founder)Peter Colis(Co-founder)inLingke W.(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelAdit Ventures Management, LlcEvolution VC PartnersFlying Fish VenturesFounders Circle CapitalGeneral Catalyst+13 more
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Futurail develops a safety-certified autonomy software and hardware stack for self-driving trains, including long-range obstacle detection, localization, and train control, offered as first-mount integration with OEMs or retrofits of existing fleets.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechMobility & TransportationStrasbourg, FR
Co-investorsZero Infinity PartnersHeroic VenturesLeap435
KonstructIQ builds AI-native software for residential contractors to streamline project management and financial operations.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechSaaSPalo Alto, US
Linlong Jiang(Executive Officer, Director)Irvin Henderson(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardKeith Nilsson(Director)Carl Pascarella(Director)
Co-investorsRPS Ventures
Loft Orbital operates space infrastructure, providing satellites equipped with sensing resources, onboard edge compute, and connectivity that let customers run missions without deploying their own hardware.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechHardwareSpace TechSan Francisco, US
Antoine Bellon de Chassy(Executive Officer, Director)Pierre-Damien Vaujour(Founder)inAlex Greenberg(Founder)in
Co-investors1809 CapitalBlitzscaling VenturesChaos VenturesEQUIAMFlucas VenturesHarmonix Fund+16 more
Lux Aeterna designs and builds reusable satellites to enable defense, intelligence, commercial, and in-space manufacturing customers to conduct space operations more efficiently.
Deep TechHardwareSpace TechDenver, US
Brian Taylor(CEO & Founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundBlack FlagCubit CapitalEntropy Industrial CapitalKonvoy Ventures+6 more
Mango Micro makes the M6, an automated microbial colony counting system that uses machine learning to deliver CFU counts and digitize quality-control labs.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareHealthtech
Co-investorsFREEFLOWRiot VenturesBrick Mortar VenturesFirst Check VenturesGreat North VenturesIncisive Ventures
Modelcode builds Morph, an AI system for large-scale code modernization that plans, executes, and verifies migrations of production codebases through reviewable milestones, automated code review, and functional verification.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Antoine Raux(Founder)in
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersLauder Partners
NextSilicon develops software-defined hardware architecture for high-performance computing in scientific research, enabling developers to accelerate existing code without rewrites or vendor lock-in.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSemiconductorsGivatayim, IL
Elad Raz(Founder)inEyal Nagar(Founder)
Co-investorsAmiti VenturesPlayground GlobalSymbolThird Point Ventures
ProntoNLP provides no-code natural language processing tools that analyze financial text sources — such as reports, earnings calls, and PR documents — to generate trading signals, sentiment analysis, and research insights.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintech
Ronen Feldman(Founder)in
Co-investorsHeroic Ventures
Boston, US
George Dimitri Konidaris(Director)Daniel J. Sorin(Executive Officer, Director)inPeter Howard(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMichael Silverstein(Director)Takahisa Tanaka(Director)Seiji Miyasaka(Director)
Co-investorsDuke Capital PartnersScrum VenturesStrategic Investment Partners Inc.Heroic VenturesMitsubishi Electric CorporationOmron Ventures+2 more
Realtime Robotics develops a specialized motion planning processor with custom circuitry that generates motion plans and adapts to workflow changes in real time for robotic automation tasks.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareRoboticsBoston, US
George Konidaris(Co-founder)Dan Sorin(Co-founder)Peter Howard(Co-founder, Chairman & CFO)
Co-investorsSIP Global Partners
Rugged Robotics provides an automated construction layout service that prints building layout lines and data directly onto jobsite floors from 3D models, replacing manual chalk-line methods.
Construction TechHardwareRoboticsHouston, US
Derrick J. Morse(Co-founder)inLogan Farrell(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsBold Capital PartnersBrick Mortar VenturesCybernetix VenturesMorpheus VenturesRiot VenturesSuffolk Technologies+1 more
Sunbit provides point-of-sale financing and a fee-free co-branded credit card that let consumers pay over time for in-person services such as auto repair, dental, and optical care, as well as retail purchases.
FintechRetail TechLos Angeles, US
Arad Levertov(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in
Co-investorsAltaIR CapitalChicago VenturesGroup 11Starting LineZeev Ventures
Uno provides security and governance solutions for enterprise risk management.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareGovTech
Murugesan Guruswamy(Founder)in
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Left Hand Robotics
Exits · 2
1 IPOs · 1 acquisitionsSentinel OneNYSE: SCursoracq. by Space X
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesMango · beincrypto.com · Sep 3, 2026
Cursor · tradingkey.com · Aug 18, 2026
Clarity · finsmes.com · Aug 14, 2026
Aperio · finsmes.com · Aug 5, 2026
Ethos · investing.com · Jul 18, 2026
Sentinel One · cfotech.news · Jun 18, 2026
Lux Aeterna · inforcapital.com · Mar 28, 2026
Futurail · railwaygazette.com · Dec 27, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Soundproof Ventures made?
- Soundproof Ventures has 22 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited.
- What stage does Soundproof Ventures invest at?
- Soundproof Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What is Soundproof Ventures's typical check size?
- Soundproof Ventures typically writes checks of $500K – $25M.
- What sectors does Soundproof Ventures focus on?
- Soundproof Ventures focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, AI & Machine Learning, Cleantech, Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, FoodTech, Hardware, Retail Tech, Robotics, SaaS.
- Where is Soundproof Ventures located?
- Soundproof Ventures is headquartered in Palo Alto, US.
- Does Soundproof Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Soundproof Ventures leads investment rounds.
- Who does Soundproof Ventures co-invest with?
- Soundproof Ventures most often shares deals with Accel, Lauder Partners, Riot Ventures, among 99 tracked co-investors.
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